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H. S. SEELY, Administrator. SUPPORT FOR BICYCLE SADDLES.

No.'582,607. Patented May 11, 1897.

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OBADIAl-l SEELY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW' YORK; IIORATIO S. SEELY, ADMINIS- TRATOR OF SAID OBADIAH SEELY, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR TO E. C. STEARNS 85 00., OF SAME PLACE.

SUPPORT FOR BlCYCLE-SADDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,607, dated May 1 1, 1897.

Application filed June 21,1895- Serial No. 553,532. (No model.)

lb all whom. it may concern: dle is gripped and held in the desired position 50 Be it known that I, OBADIAH SEELY, a oitiwith great power, firmness, and rigidity.

zen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, My invention will be better understood by in the county of Onondaga and State of New reference to the accompanying drawings, in

York, have invented a new and useful Supwhich the same letters refer to the same parts port for Bicycle-Saddles; and I do hereby dein all the views. 5 5 clare that the following, in connection with Figure 1 is a side elevation of my supportthe accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, ing device, the saddle-spring being shown in and exact description of the invention. position and the angular adjustment being My invention relates to the support for a indicated by means of dotted lines. Fig. 2 is bicycle-saddle; and it consists in a novel coma front elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is 60 bination of seat-post and clamp, by the use of a side elevation, one plate being removed. which the saddle may be easily adjusted for- Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line :0 as. Fig. ward or back on the seat-post or may be tilted 5 is an elevation of the inner face of one of the at a greater or less angle therewith. In my clamping-plates. Fig. 6 is aperspective view invention the saddle spring is strongly of the top of the scat-post with the integral 6 gripped, the adjustment is made quickly and supporting member. Fig. 7 is an elevation easily, and the device is strong, light, simple, of my invention used with a saddle having and cheap. The essential features are a seattwo round springs, and Fig. 8 a side elevation post with a supporting member brazed to the of the blank employed therewith.

top thereof whose curved edges act as guides 13 is the saddle-post, to which is attached for the clamping-pieces and are firmly gripped firmly at a the supporting member B, whose by them; a clamp made up of two side pieces, upper portion 1) is in the form of a semicircupreferably of half-moon shape, having their lar band substantially equal in width to the 25 outer faces smooth and their inner provided saddle-spring E, and having the rounded side with two grooves, one semicircular to fit the edges 1) b.

side edge of the supporting member and to G O are the two side plates of the clamp, slide thereon when loosened, and a second having semicircular curved grooves c 0, fithorizontal groove near its top edge and paralting b b, and horizontal grooves c 0, parallel 3o lel thereto which receives the edge of the flat to its upper edge and adapted to receive the saddlespring; also, a bolt by which the side portion 6 e of the saddle-spring E. pieces are drawn together to grip the edges of D is a bolt made square at one end (Z for the supporting member and the saddle-spring. taking in the square hole 0 by which or by The fact that my combination seat-postand some similar means rotation of the bolt is 3 5 clamp is very simple, light, and easy to adprevented. The other end of D passes through just by means of a single bolt whose nut is round hole c in opposite plate C and is proeasily reached and operated from the side is vided with a nut d, by which the plates are in itself a great advantage. Its principal feaclamped on b and on E. It is not necessary ture, however, is that without increasing the to show the entire saddle, the portion of the 40 weight or complicating the construction the spring E shown in Figs. 1 and 3 serving to saddle may be adjusted horizontally forward indicate its position in the clamp. Vhen it or back to a sufficient extent without alteris desired to change the position of the sading the angle at which it is set, or it may be dle, nut cl is loosened and the saddle adjusted adjusted at a different angle without changforwardly or rearwardly along its portion 6 e,

45 ing its horizontal position, or both its horior it may be tilted to rest at a different angle zontal position and its angle may be altered to the seat-post, as indicated by dotted lines simultaneously, these adjustments being perin Figs. 1 and 3, the side edges Z) Z) of I) actformed easily and simply. hen the clamp ing as guides, to which plates 0 C are fitted is tightened by tightening the bolt, the sadand on which they slide. When the saddle has been slipped or tilted into the desired position, the nut is tightened, which may be done conveniently by the wrench from its position on the side of the clamp, and the saddle is by this single operation clamped with great rigidity in the desired position to the top of the seat-post.

It will be noticed that the ends Z1 b of Z) are fiat radial faces, so that when the saddle is thrown backward as far as possible or forward as far as possible saddle-sprin g E rests against a flat surface 1).

Figs. 7 and 8 show my invention used with a saddle having two round springs. I11 this case the side plates 0 C are provided, as before, with the grooves c c to fit the round springs. I also provide a detached blank F to fit between the springs that they may be clamped firmly. This blank F consists of a longitudinal member f, flat on top, provided on its longitudinal side edges with side grooves to fit the -springs and on its under side with two integral lugs g g, depending in front and rear of bolt D, to prevent the blank being slipped forwardly or rearwardly out of place. \V here my seat-post and clamp are to be used with saddles having two round springs, the transverse edges of I) may, if desired, be cut out or curved, as shown at U in Fig. 7.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

In a combined seat-post and clamp for a bicycle-saddle, the combination with the upper member of the post formed with a semicircular band, of the segmentally-grooved clamping-plates fitted thereto and adapted to turn thereon, a saddle-spring having its sides seated in horizontal grooves of the clampingplate, a blank for holding the spring in said grooves and provided with dependent lugs seated upon the clamping-bolt, and the clam ping-bolt for securing the parts together, substantially as specified.

In witnesss whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 7th day of June, 1895.

OBADIAII SEELY.

\Vitnesses:

T. W. GALLAVIN, ALBERT P. FowLER. 

